Heart of the Castle

Chapter 87 The First Gem of Faith

The old magician's tone was very solemn, which slightly depressed Li Wei's excitement just now due to the promotion of his professional level.He stood up straight and asked the old magician for advice in a very serious manner: "Mr. Dish, can you explain in detail? About the conditions for Castle Heart to be promoted again."

"Of course, little guy." The old magician was very pleased with Li Wei's respectful attitude. He waved his hand, conjured up a seat beside Li Wei, and motioned him to sit down.

"Castle Heart is the highest masterpiece in alchemy. Of course, the energy needed is not only demon energy. The demon energy absorbed by the sacred rules only maintains the operation of the outermost buildings of Castle Heart, and the core part Buildings require a more cohesive force to start. Little guy, now I want to test your common sense, as a type of energy, what do you know?"

Levi lowered his head and thought for a while, then wrenched his fingers and said, "Mr. Dish, the energies I know include... the elemental energy controlled by magicians, the sacred energy used by priests, the dark energy used by demons... and , By the way, there is also the grudge energy of the knights."

"Well, yes, you know quite a lot about the most conventional energies." The old magician nodded and said, "The alchemy rules used by our alchemists are mainly driven by these energies. But these Although the intensity of the energy varies, the degree of cohesion is not too tight, and it is not enough to activate the next layer of the castle heart. The things you need to collect now are very difficult in normal times. Fortunately, the disaster is coming now. In the chaotic world, it will be much easier to collect this kind of energy.”

"Energy that is easy to collect in troubled times?" A trace of confusion flashed in Li Wei's eyes, and he tentatively said, "Mr. Dish, you are talking about death energy, right? I don't want to use such evil things... "

"Snapped!"

The colorful stars burst out, and Li Wei crouched on the ground covering his head.

"Mr. Dish, did I say something wrong?"

The old magician withdrew his fingers angrily and amusedly, "Little guy, where did you go? Death energy is a branch of dark energy. It is not fundamentally different from the demon energy collected by killing demons now." .Devil energy can’t be pushed, death energy can’t be moved either. The energy needed by the heart of the castle is not one of the four conventional energies, but a branch of soul energy, called the power of faith.”

"The power of faith?" Levi couldn't help repeating, and said with some confusion: "Mr. Dish, are you talking about those believers who kneel on the ground and pray to God the Father? These believers are old and young, look It looks very weak, and you can't even save yourself when encountering things, can this also generate strength?"

The old magician stroked his long white beard, pointed to his pointed hat with his hand and said, "Little guy, don't underestimate this. Soul energy is one of the original forces, and the degree of concentration is far beyond Ordinary energies such as elements, light, and darkness. In order to create the heart of the castle, I have done research. If a person with a sound mind prays devoutly every day, the power of faith produced is enough to promote a level 1 divine spell."

Seeing the unbelievable look on Li Wei's face, the old magician smiled happily. "Little guy, don't you believe it? Have you ever thought about it, where did the priests get their magic?"

"Of course it was given by the benevolent Father God." Li Wei hesitated for a moment. His source of belief was Knight Ston. Like this respectable old man, his god of belief was Baldr, the God of War, not the Father God. Mei Danzuo, but Li Wei still admires the supreme god of the light camp very much. When talking about the father god, his tone can't help showing a trace of respect.

"The benevolent Father God? It is true. Among the gods, perhaps he is really a kinder one. However, we alchemists are very clear about a rule of energy exchange, which is the supreme rule. The rules are above all energy rules, this is the energy conservation rule.”

The old magician concealed the contempt in his heart. If Li Wei didn't have the keen feeling brought by another soul, he would definitely not be able to discover this. "Mr. Dish, you don't seem to have much respect for God the Father." The young knight servant concealed his surprise and continued to listen to the old magician's explanation.

"If you eliminate the natural loss in the process of energy transfer, you will find that the generation and transfer of energy are always the same as the consumption. This is a paradox. Where does the energy of the magic bestowed by the gods come from? Is it the god itself? In that case, how can even an extremely powerful god be able to support countless priests and believers, asking for it for thousands of years?"

The old magician was afraid that Li Wei wouldn't understand his explanation, so he deliberately emitted two clusters of light from his hands, one cluster was glowing with an incomparably sacred platinum luster, while the other cluster was hazy and unclear.

"In my left hand is the simulated sacred energy, and in my right hand is the simulated power of faith. The two powers can be transformed in one direction. In other words, the power of faith can be transformed into holy energy , but not the other way around. The conversion ratio is usually close to 1:10——1 part of standard faith power can be converted into 10 parts of holy energy. The gods absorb the power of faith from believers, and then take a small part of it ——Praise the benevolent Father God—about 10/3, and give back to his pastor, forming all kinds of incredible magic spells.”

Following the voice of the old magician, the mass of holy energy in his left hand swelled wildly, while the power of faith in his right hand was only slightly reduced, fully expressing the gap between the two.

Li Wei felt a little parched. What the old magician said was a great subversion of the image of the gods. The young knight servant wanted to refute, but when he opened his mouth, he found himself There is no reason to refute the old magician at all.For a moment, he really wanted to ask, did God of War Baldr, like God the Father, get the power of faith from believers, and then only feed back a small part of it to the priest?However, when the words came to his lips, he hesitated for a long time, and finally swallowed them back.

Li Wei could guess that the old magician's answer to that question must not be the one he wanted.

"But, Mr. Dish, since the power of faith can only be owned by the gods, how can I get this power?"

The old magician smiled triumphantly, and the white beard said triumphantly: "Little guy, you are not a god, of course there is no way to absorb the power of faith, but the heart of the castle can do it, otherwise how dare I take a bite Decide, is this the highest masterpiece of alchemy?"

"Even this can be done, Mr. Dish, didn't you create a god..." Levi had a faint wry smile on his lips, as if there was no way to refuse, but as long as he imagined himself sitting On the high throne, there were a large group of people kneeling down and singing praises. The young knight attendant couldn't help feeling a little cold in his heart, hugged his shoulders tightly and shivered.

"Well, Mr. Dish, how can I get the power of faith?"

"That's a good question." The smile on the old magician's face disappeared, and his expression became serious again, "Faith is something that comes from the bottom of people's hearts. It can be done. Those who can really provide faith are those who completely open their hearts and believe in you without reservation. I believe that after you have done so many things, there should be several people who have surpassed ordinary loyalty and trust. Has it reached the point of worshiping you?"

"I, worshiped?" Li Wei felt that his face was burning, and he pointed to his nose and became stiff.

"You will know if you try it? Little guy, stand still." As the old magician said, he took out a long and thin silver wand from his sleeve, and then passed it lightly over Li Wei's head, Scattered down a lot of shiny silver dust.

More than a dozen tiny, almost imperceptible golden threads appeared from above Li Wei's head. These threads did not seem to be entities, but they actually existed. One end sank deeply into Li Wei's head, and the other end extended infinitely, disappearing into the air.

"Mr. Dish, what is this thing? Why did it get inserted into my head? Is there anything wrong with it?" Li Wei was stunned and said incoherently that there was such a thing on his head.

"Oh, you can actually show so many, little guy, there are quite a few people who believe in you. I thought there were only three or two at most... Aha, these few have actually reached the level of senior believers." The old magician looked surprised, but his relaxed tone made Li Wei calm down immediately.

"Mr. Dish, are these golden threads what you call the power of faith?" Levi, who calmed down, gently touched the golden threads in the air with his hands, but his fingers didn't feel like they were touching anything at all. After passing through, the boy's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes, this is the power of faith." The old magician rubbed his hands, then took out a crystal ball from his sleeve, and handed it to Li Wei.

"Hold it, little one, and silently imagine those golden wires disconnecting from your head, and then connecting to this crystal ball... OK."

The weight in the palm of his hand disappeared, Li Weiruo opened his eyes, and found that the golden wires had been connected to the crystal ball as he imagined, and the golden liquid flowed into the crystal ball along the gold wires drop by drop. An extremely perfect golden gem was formed in the most central position.

This gem showed a color similar to gold, but a thousand times brighter and [-] times more gorgeous than gold. Li Wei found that he could not describe the image of this gem in words. He looked at the crystal ball obsessively He stretched out his hand, but at the last moment he touched the crystal ball, he suddenly shuddered and woke up.

Li Wei looked at the old magician in embarrassment, and saw an understanding smile on the old man's kind face.

"It's beautiful, isn't it, little guy? This is the gem of faith, the most common and precious thing. It is ordinary because the gem of faith condenses only the amount of faith equivalent to one devout prayer of 100 people. Power can only be circulated among the gods as the most elementary currency unit; it is precious because apart from the gods, only the heart of the castle can condense this kind of thing! No matter in any plane, this is the most Strong hard currency!"

(End of this chapter)